DECERTIFY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

decertify

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Definition of decertify

as in to invalidate

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Recent Examples of decertify Key accomplishments included a bill that created the first statewide process to decertify police officers who commit wrongdoing. — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Employees at the Wells Fargo branch in Casper, Wyoming, also filed a petition last week to decertify the union. — Chase Jordan april 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026 In September, the housing department threatened to decertify recipients of the money who don’t follow a series of rules, according to the lawsuit. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026 And then also, the state board has voted to decertify him as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer in Alabama. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decertify

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Those admissions would not, by themselves, invalidate the verdict.

— Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
These actions further erase and invalidate the contributions of women, Black service members and other service members of color.

— Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of invalidate

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His appellate legal team has been aggressively searching for any and every legal avenue that would overturn the judge’s sentence, nullify the jury’s guilty verdict, or even discredit the very criminal law that Combs was prosecuted under.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
At the same time, competing ballot measures that would nullify Prop 40 also have majority support.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of nullify

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As part of his request for a trial through post-conviction relief, Kohberger seeks to disqualify Judge Steven Hippler of Idaho’s 4th Judicial District, who oversaw his case once it was moved out of Moscow down to Boise.

— Kevin Fixler September 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026
The director replied that sometimes human traffickers force victims to engage in bestiality, and that the FBI did not want to disqualify victims—even though, again, the guidelines reportedly don’t make such a distinction.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

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